State size comparison

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Alabama is about 223 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 22,182% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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